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Windmills, picturesque and historic : the Motors of the past (1919)

Shelton, F. H · [Philadelphia, Pa.] : Lippincott · leaf 27

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Crude forms of tower grist mills; vicinity of Buda-Ptsth, Hungary. 192 F. H. Shelton. [J. F. I. Mediterranean, we find primitive construction, crude devices and•even the clay water bottles, or jars, bound to a cumbrous wheel,slowly turning over by wind power, for lifting water for irriga-tion,… … Mid-European type of post mill. Belgium. of the faithful Sancho Panzo, charged at full speed a flock ofwindmills on the plains of Montiel. The crude structures of Greece and Turkey, already men-tioned, are so crude that often no device is provided for turningto the wind, but, on the contrary, four…

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